Forbes surprised everyone after he decided to publish a new list of billionaires in which we will not see names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim. This time his list is dedicated to the richest people in the cryptocurrency ecosystem and blockchain technology.
In order to obtain the necessary data to carry out this work, Randall Lane, editor of Forbes magazine, and his team met with Joe Lubin, founder of ConsenSys.
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In the first place is Chris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple. His fortune is between 7.5 and 8 billion dollars and his net value was calculated only based on the amount of XRP he personally owns (5.2 billion units) and the value of his 17% stake in the company's who is a co-founder.
Follow the Joseph Lubin list. The co-founder of Ethereum and founder ConsenSys, which according to himself, serves as a "risk production study" for the Ethereum ecosystem. Thanks to his participation in both, Lubin achieved a wealth that ranges between 1 and 5 billion dollars.
In the third position of this particular list is Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance. A platform with which it has obtained an estimated capital of $ 1.1 billion and that has attracted 6 million users. On the other hand, binance coin (BNB), Binancy's native cryptoactive, experienced an exponential growth that brought its price from 10 cents to 23 dollars per unit in the month of December.
The twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss achieved a great fortune investing large sums of money in bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) between 2012 and 2015. They currently have a wealth estimated between 900 and 1,100 million dollars each . The Winklevoss also invested in the foundation of a New York-based cryptocurrency exchange called Gemini, which currently handles a daily transaction volume of about $ 300 million.
Matthew Mellon, heir to one of the largest banking fortunes in the United States and former chairman of the finance committee of the Republican Party of New York, has capital of about $ 1 billion in XRP. Mellon is one of the investors that turned to Ripple by acquiring the equivalent of about $ 2 million in XRP.
The founder of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, is next on the #Forbes list. At present, Armstrong has a wealth of close to 1 billion dollars. Your business is divided into two main parts after adding the GDAX cryptocurrency exchange platform to the equation.
Matthew Roszak, on the other hand, has a wealth of more than $ 900 million. Roszak entered the world of cryptocurrencies in 2011, relying on its potential and that of the technology that sustains them. In 2013, he became a limited partner in the first Blockchain Capital fund, based in San Francisco, and has invested in foreign exchange houses such as Coinbase, Kraken and BTCC.
Anthony Di Iorio is one of the first investors in the successful Ethereum network, as well as being the founder of the Jaxx and Decentral cryptocurrency platforms. Di lorio currently has a capital that is over $ 750 million.
In the penultimate place of this top 10 according to Forbes is Brock Pierce, who was captivated by the potential of Bitcoin and financed ecosystem companies such as Mastercoin, Blockchain Capital, Coinbase, Ethereum, Tether, Bitfury and now Block.one. Pierce owns more than $ 700 million after the successful management of his investments.
Finally there is Michael Novogratz. His investments in the crypto world led him to reach a wealth that exceeds $ 700 million. He is currently working on Galaxy Digital, a bank focused on investment in cryptocurrencies.
The complete list includes several other important characters from the world of cryptocurrencies that after their unconditional dedication to the development of these technologies or nothing but a lot of faith in their potential and large amounts of money invested, now enjoy the sweet fruit harvested from the field of #cryptocurrencies and #blockchain technology.